Hello everybody,

I hope you have been receiving my e-mails of late regarding incidents that have taken place that day. I hope you feel better informed and I know it is a lot better than waiting for me to give a police report each month. The police rely on the information provided by the community and you are the people out there so the better informed you are, hopefully the better the information we will get in return. Remember it is not a one way street, please e-mail me with anything you feel we should know about.

In the general area of the Wrexham Maelor section we still are suffering from the usual rural crime i.e. theft of farm gates, theft of scrap metal, theft of garden items such as troughs and hanging baskets. These incidents are random in their location and appear to take place during the daytime. Unfortunately we have not had any information to target anybody however we have been continually patrolling the area and delivering our crime prevention advice.    

Most villages have now held their annual fetes and carnivals and I hope you have seen a police presence at them. We have enjoyed attending such events and obviously the glorious weather of late has helped.

Anti-social behaviour for the area has dropped which amongst other things is down to the hard work that your two pcso`s - Jemma and Beth do. They work constantly with the local schools and youth clubs.

The introduction of OWL ( new neighbourhood watch system ) is playing a big part in quickly relaying information out to the community. If you are not already signed up then please consider it. You will get information relating to all sorts of incidents which might effect your area.

We are continuing to work closely with West Mercia and Cheshire police and building up our cross border intelligence.

Before I go I would like to mention the special constabulary. Some of you are already aware of the hard work that Dean Hewitt and his family ( wife Maria and son Keifer ) put in on a regular basis.

They are a local family and have been members of the special constabulary for many years and are always ready to assist regular police officers. Dean and his family often deal with incidents which are reported directly to them and which never reach the north Wales police control room. Most weekends you will find Dean and his family out on patrol in and around the area.

Obviously over the years police numbers in the Wrexham Maelor section have dropped off. I know from speaking with many of you that there would have been a sergeant plus 4 or 5 officers just for this area. Times have changed and no doubt will continue to change, however with the assistance of Dean and his family I hope you still feel well looked after.  

I look forward to continuing to work with you and for you and I thank you for your continuing support.

Regards, Steve.

PC 1885 STEPHEN EVANS

Bronington & Overton Community Beat Manager

Overton Police Station

Station Road

Overton

LL13 0EF

Telephone: 0845 607 1002 ext: 48425

Mobile : 07966086868

E-Mail : Stephen.Evans@nthwales.pnn.police.uk